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WE HAVE TO SAVE THE PLANET FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS We’re told that up to a million species of animals will die within the next few years because of deforestation, overfishing, development and other human activities, yet we don’t alter our diets or our consumer behavior. We’re told that we must significantly curb global warming within 10 years or face the onset of irreversible damage and human suffering—unprecedented famine, drought, flooding, wildfires, etc.—yet we continue to rely mostly on gasoline-burning vehicles and electrical power from fossil fuels. We’re told that plastic is filling the oceans and infecting the food chain top to bottom, yet we continue to produce and throw away hundreds of millions of tons of it per year. Climate change, pollution and other ecological crises are already creating catastrophic problems—massive storms, coastal flooding that threatens to displace millions of people, marathon droughts and many more. And it’s spiraling downward ever more quickly. One of the hallmarks of our society— indeed Western civilization—is that we have always strived to make life better for the coming generations. Think of the baby boomers, whose parents fought world wars to secure a bright future for them. But that postwar generation appears unwilling to make meaningful sacrifices to ensure its children and grandchildren live in a better, healthier world that can feed itself and doesn’t face the destabilizing effects of climate change. The younger generations have recognized the urgency of the problem and are acting accordingly. The generational divide shows in our politics, where younger leaders are advocating for sweeping policy changes to reduce carbon emissions, ramp up development of renewable energy and otherwise rein in human activities that are destroying the environment. What these young politicians are proposing won’t be easy or cheap to accomplish. But it’s what must be done to preserve the health, safety and well-being of future generations. And if done right, going green could bring a wave of growth and prosperity—a new industrial revolution that will replace outdated infrastructure and systems with modern, clean technology. Yes, this is a sacrifice for older generations. But from the Revolutionary War era to the Greatest Generation, Americans have made much more difficult sacrifices to create a better life for those who came after them. Now, it’s time for today’s older generations to follow their lead.
WEEK IN REVIEW WEEK AHEAD EV E N TS T O F O L L OW A N D N EWS YO U M I SS E D
Fans cheer as members of the U.S. women’s soccer team pass during a ticker tape parade in New York on July 10. The U.S. national team beat the Netherlands 2-0 to capture a record fourth Women’s World Cup title. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote to colleagues July 8 that “by popular demand on both sides of the aisle,” she has invited team to the Capitol “to celebrate their inspiring victory.” Many players have been leading advocates of gender equity. Star Megan Rapinoe has said she would not visit the White House if invited by President Donald Trump. (Photo by Associated Press)
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STORIES FROM LAST WEEK TRUMP BANNED FROM BANNING OTHERS President Donald Trump can’t ban critics from his Twitter account, a federal appeals court ruled July 9, saying the First Amendment calls for more speech, rather than less, on matters of public concern. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a lower court judge who said Trump violates the Constitution when he blocks critics. Attorney Jennifer Utrecht argued that the account was created long before Trump became president and that he was acting in a private capacity when he blocks individuals. CAUCUS BY PHONE In a bid to increase voter accessibility in its first-in-the-West caucuses, the Nevada Democratic Party has unveiled its virtual caucus plan for 2020. Callers will be able to enter their choices via an automated system with English, Spanish and Tagalog language options. A live phone line will be set up in case there are any problems with the automated system. Voters registered as Democrats in Nevada by November 30 will be eligible to participate and set the order in which candidates get their votes. QUAKE SHAKES UP SCHEDULE The WNBA is looking into dates to finish up the Washington and Las Vegas game that was suspended at the half July 5 because of the 7.1-magnitude earthquake in California. Washington has already played in Las Vegas twice this season and isn’t scheduled to play there again. The teams meet in D.C. on July 13. With the WNBA schedule so compact, there are few dates for the two teams to finish up the game, which the Mystics lead 51-36. One possibility is having the Mystics play at Las Vegas on August 5 or 6. Washington plays in Phoenix the previous day. END OF THE ROAD FOR THE BEETLE Volkswagen is halting production of the last version of its Beetle model this week at its plant in Puebla, Mexico. The company is gearing up for mass production of the battery-driven compact ID.3, a car that the company predicts will have an impact like that of the Beetle and the Golf by bringing electric mobility to a mass market.
Supporters cheer as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders arrives at the Victory Missionary Baptist Church for a town hall event in Las Vegas on July 6. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
NV STATE COLLEGE AND CSN GET A HENDERSON EXPANSION Henderson is home to a new education boom with the planned construction of a 65,000-square-foot education building at Nevada State College and a 70,000-square-foot health sciences building at College of Southern Nevada. The new buildings will help increase the number of teachers and health care professionals working in Nevada. The facilities will include classrooms, offices, study spaces, a speech pathology lab, an early childhood education center, space for a clinical nursing simulation and more. Gov. Steve Sisolak approved legislation for a combined $126.2 million for the two buildings. “We are extremely grateful to the Legislature and Gov. Sisolak, as well as our community stakeholders, for their support of the education building,” Nevada State College President Bart Patterson said in a press statement. “While addressing space issues the college faces due to tremendous growth, the funding will allow us to add critical-need programs for Nevada’s K-12 public education system.” –C. Moon Reed
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Turrets, pointed arches, quatrefoils and other detailed carved ornamentation; mechanical parts; dark stains; rich upholstery in leather, velvet and brocade; lathe-turned arms and legs; oval-shaped chair backs with square seats Common woods: Walnut, oak, mahogany, rosewood
1755-1790: Chippendale Named for English cabinet maker Thomas Chippendale Gothic arches; Chinese fretwork; carved foliage and scallop shells; straight legs; columns; C-scrolls and S-scrolls Common woods: Mahogany, walnut, maple, cherry New furniture form: Card table with five legs
WHETHER ANTIQUING OR SORTING THROUGH FAMILY HEIRLOOMS, LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY FURNITURE ERAS OF THE PAST
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f you’re familiar with Antiques Roadshow, you’re aware that recognizing telltale design characteristics can help you classify heirlooms from long ago. On the show, experts appraise items brought by patrons who hope that Grandma’s family teapot is worth a pretty penny. Much of what is assessed can be classified as old junk, but every once in a while, a look at history and a small fortune is discovered in an unsuspecting artifact. For do-it-yourself furniture hunters with a soft spot for thrifting and refurbing, here are a few antique eras to keep an eye out for and the characteristics that define them.
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Practical and sturdy; crisp lines; facades decorated with walnut or maple grains framed by inlaid bands; exaggerated moldings and turnings; C-scrolls; round or oval feet Common woods: Maple, walnut, white pine, southern yellow pine
1850-1914: Louis XVI Straight lines adorned with ovals and arches; symmetric, parallel borders; medallions, wreaths, garlands, urns and other Victorian flourishes; fluted or slightly tapered legs; pastel colors Common woods: Ebony, rosewood, cherry, walnut
1805-1830: American Empire French, Greek and Egyptian influences; Patriotic motifs, such as eagles with spread wings; gilt highlights; ebony and maple inlays; brass ormolu mountings; chunky, swept legs; curved arms; ornamental feet carved to look like paws or claws; supporting corner columns; glass panels Common woods: Mahogany, mahogany painted black, dark woods New furniture forms: Sleigh bed, sofa table
1790-1810: Sheraton Named for English designer Thomas Sheraton Similar to Federal but straighter lines and more conservative carvings; rich upholstery; intricate brass hardware; dovetail joints Common woods: Mahogany, maple, pine
1720-1760: Queen Anne Delicate, graceful curves; cabriole legs; claw-and-ball feet; figured veneers; mortise and tenon joints; lacquered furniture in reds, greens and gilt Common woods: Walnut, poplar, cherry, maple. Japanned decoration tends to be in red, green and gilt, often on a blue-green field. New furniture form: Tilting tea table
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1920-1945: Art Deco Crisp lines; controlled curves; straight or slightly tapered legs; extremely low or extremely high chair backs; mortise and tenon joinery; geometric shapes; bold colors and strong contrasts; vinyl upholstery; metallic finishes; glass, steel and lacquered accents Common woods: Oak, cherry New invention: Cocktail table
1895-1915: Arts and Crafts Also known as Mission, influencers include the Stickley brothers and Frank Lloyd Wright
Fun fact: The Chrysler Building in New York City is a prime example of Art Deco architecture and reflects the same straight lines and gentle curves found in the furniture of the time.
Heavy and substantial but well proportioned; simple and focused on craftsmanship; straight legs; small or absent feet; natural, fumed or painted finishes; leather upholstery; copper hardware; silver, copper and abalone inlays Common wood: Oak
1850-1915: Elizabethan Feminine; carved and painted flowers; high, narrow chair backs with a slight backward tilt; spindle-turned, bulbous legs; needlework upholstery and decoratively painted surfaces Common woods: Oak, walnut New invention: Court cupboard for holding plates and utensils
1830-1850: French Restoration The most plain of the Victorian styles
1820-1860: Shaker Named for the religious movement of the time Minimalist designs; clean lines; tapered legs; basic turned wooden knobs; visible locking joinery; woven or cane seats Common woods: Pine, maple, ash, birch, poplar
Sweeping lines with undulating curves; delicate profiles; arched chair backs; concave crest rails; bolster pillows and upholstery Common woods: Ash, elm, bird’s eye maple, olive, acacia
1720-1830: Pennsylvania Dutch Heavy German influences Simple and utilitarian; colorful handpainted scenes; straight lines; simple turnings; tapered legs Common woods: Walnut, oak, pine
1850-1914: Naturalistic 1830-1910: Victorian Formal, elaborate and opulent; needlepoint and tapestry adornings; heavy proportions and fabrics; intricate carvings of flowers, vines, ribbons and bows; balloon backs; deep, low seats; low arms or armless chairs Common woods: Black walnut, oak, maple, ash, rosewood New invention: Coiled spring
Highly-detailed natural motifs such as fruits, flowers and leaves; laminated planks to create the illusion of carving; tufted upholstery Common woods: Mahogany, walnut, rosewood New invention: Laminated wood Fun Fact: So much detail was included in carved leaves on naturalistic pieces, many patrons could identify the specific type of plant from the design.
1845-1870: Rococo Revival Scrolls and carved decorations, particularly roses; cabriole legs; marble tabletops; cast-iron elements; tufted upholstery with interior springs Common woods: Walnut, rosewood, mahogany
1790-1815: Federal Balanced, symmetric and elegant; ornamental inlays and contrasting veneer borders; fluting; straight and tapered legs; thin cushions on seats; brass hardware in shapes from nature Common woods: Mahogany, maple, birch, satinwood New furniture forms: Sideboard, worktable
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Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area during sunrise on July 2 (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
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As interest in the conservation area grows, officials balance challenges, preservation and plans for the future By Miranda Willson | Weekly staff
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tephanie Forte moved from Aspen, Colorado, to the Las Vegas Valley in 1998, specifically to be closer to one of the world’s premier rock-climbing destinations. A professional rock climber at the time, Forte visited Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area up to five times a week in the years following her move to Southern Nevada. But she was somewhat of an anomaly. “I’d ask my coworkers, ‘How often do you go to Red Rock?’ ” Forte said. “And they’d say, ‘Oh, I’ve never been.’ ” A lot has changed in the past 20 years. Clark County’s population has nearly doubled, with a chunk of the corresponding growth in development occurring in the northwest portion of the Valley, near the borders of the conservation area. Red Rock Canyon is also no longer a well-kept secret among hardcore climbers. Since the Great Recession, the conservation area has reported an uptick in visitors year over year, with at-
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tendance in 2018 reaching an all-time high of 3 million people, said John Asselin, public affairs specialist with the federal Bureau of Land Management. “It’s really popular,” Asselin said. “It’s right on the edge of Las Vegas. Las Vegas has grown right on the edge of the boundary.” An increase in visitation is just one growing pain facing Red Rock nearly 30 years after Congress established it as Nevada’s first national conservation area. Activists and longtime visitors warn that the rural character of the area is being threatened by a looming development proposal to build thousands of homes overlooking the canyon. Activists are also continuing a quest to bring a bike path to the canyon’s heavily trafficked scenic loop drive, but federal and local funding remains a roadblock to this long-sought dream. Even if you’re not a big hiker or cyclist, there are plenty of reasons to care about the future of Red Rock. Las Vegas has always been known as a gambling destination, but these days, nearly one in five visitors report visiting or planning to visit a nearby outdoor destination during their stay, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Neither the BLM nor the LVCVA monitors the exact economic effects of visitation to Red Rock specifically. But if our neighbor to the east is any indication, the effects could be significant: In 2018, the National Park Service reported 15.1 million people visited national parks in Utah, spending an estimated $1.2 billion and supporting 18,700 jobs in the process. Here in Southern Nevada, at least one thing is clear: Red Rock means something to locals and tourists alike. And while major alterations of the conservation area are unlikely, given that it is federally protected, we might see some changes at the nation’s most popular national conservation area in the years to come.
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n More people, more problems? Red Rock is far from the only natural area to see an increase in visitation. The National Park Service has reported more visitors than ever the past few years, especially at sites such as Yellowstone and the Great Smoky Mountains. Still, Red Rock’s popularity is noteworthy. Of the BLM’s 17 conservation areas nationwide, Red Rock is the most visited. Perhaps in part because of its proximity to a major metropolitan area, the conservation area saw more visitors in 2018 than Joshua Tree and Bryce Canyon National Parks. “We don’t know when [the growth] is going to stop,” Asselin said. While the increased appreciation for Red Rock presents opportunities for the Las Vegas Valley, it is also forcing the BLM to rethink how it manages the 197,000-acre conservation area—a designation distinct from national parks, with an emphasis on land protection and stewardship in addition to recreation. In 2017, the BLM built 200 new parking spots along Red Rock Canyon’s scenic loop drive, Asselin said. That helped with overcrowding for a time, but now, on almost any spring weekend and on popular weekends such as those following Thanksgiving or Christmas, the scenic loop once again reaches parking capacity during peak hours, he noted. “It was always the situation where Thanksgiving weekend was the time when local climbers took off. You didn’t go climbing the day after Thanksgiving because you knew there was going to be a lot of people,” Forte said. “But those types of crowds can exist in the winter now and into the spring.” Although most visitors are respectful stewards of the land, growing crowds can bring more trash and pose difficulties for climbers, Forte said, in addition to creating parking challenges. It is now common for the BLM to temporarily close the vehicle entrance
Ryan Deegan rock climbs at Red Rock Canyon in 2018. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
to the canyon’s scenic loop on busy days, which was rarely necessary just a few years ago, Asselin said. The BLM isn’t keen on turning people away and tries to avoid doing so, encouraging visitors to instead arrive outside peak hours. “What we’re really trying to do is get that message out that the time to come during nice-weather weekends and holidays is as early as you can get there,” Asselin said. “The gate is open at 6 a.m.” n Higher visitation brings challenges, builds stewards The growing popularity of Red Rock is largely a positive phenomenon with potentially important political impacts, says Pauline van Betten, executive director of the advocacy group Save Red Rock. Save Red Rock has existed in some capacity for more than a decade, but its membership and influence have
recently grown, partially in response to development threats near the canyon. The most controversial, ongoing threat comes from Gypsum Resources, a company trying to build at least 3,000 homes in unincorporated Blue Diamond on the top of Blue Diamond Hill, just east of the conservation area. That project stalled in April, when the Clark County Commission voted that Gypsum would need to obtain permission from the BLM to build a road leading to the proposed site. So far, the BLM hasn’t received a rightof-way application for a road from the developer, Asselin said. Because Gypsum’s proposed development would be visible from parts of the canyon, including the scenic loop, Save Red Rock has long opposed the project, arguing that it would destroy the rural character of the conservation area. The fight against Gypsum has been grueling, but Save Red Rock has found
strength in its growing numbers. The group’s online petition against the development has garnered more than 50,000 signatures. Opposition statements at County Commission meetings have lasted for hours over the years, van Betten said. “[Red Rock] really touches people in a way that’s so intangible. You can’t really say why people [would] take off work for seven hours just so they can stand up and say to elected officials to just please preserve this natural area,” van Betten said. Locals may be the ones most immediately affected by Red Rock, but visits to Red Rock from national and international tourists are significant as well, said Andy Hart, executive director of the Southern Nevada Conservancy. The nonprofit conservancy, which works with and supports the BLM in its management of Red Rock, is responsible for collecting fees at the scenic loop entrance and running the conservation area’s gift shop, so its staff and volunteers get a firsthand look at who’s visiting the land. Hart suggested that tourism to Red Rock could become more important for Las Vegas in the years ahead, considering that younger people are less likely to gamble in general. “We do see opportunity in more visitors coming,” Hart said. “That’s more people we can introduce to this beautiful place, and more people we can introduce to their public lands and that concept of public land.” Erin McDermott, executive director of Friends of Red Rock Canyon, sees another upside to the influx: a growing understanding of the need to keep it pristine. One of the primary goals of the nonprofit Friends of Red Rock Canyon is to preserve the conservation area through volunteer programs such as trail cleanups. Continued on Page 14
F r i e n d s o f R e d R o c k C a n yo n If you’re interested in volunteering to help keep Red Rock pristine, contact Friends of Red Rock Canyon. This organization offers a variety of volunteer opportunities with flexible hours. You can help clean up trails, man the information desk at the visitors center, document Native American cultural sites or take care of the area’s nine desert tortoises. Email info@friendsofredrock.org or call 702-515-5360.
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safety tips when visiting Red Rock in the summer Although Red Rock Canyon is welcoming more and more visitors each year, visitation remains low during the summer months. Those who do visit should be aware of the risks associated with hiking, climbing and mountain biking in very high temperatures, said Bureau of Land Management public affairs specialist John Asselin. Most parts of the canyon lack cellphone service, so it’s important that visitors prepare prior to their visit by bringing at least a gallon of water, even if that may seem excessive. “Long sleeves and long pants— when it’s over 100 degrees, that’s what you want,” Asselin added. “Because that sun will just bake you, and you’ll end up receiving more heat than you’re releasing. Visitors should also note that the BLM does not employ staff or volunteers to go out into the trails if someone is lost. “People call it a park, but it’s not really a park,” Asselin said. “It’s a national conservation area that has recreation in it. So you really have to take care of yourself out there.”
A hiker and her dog travel through the Calico II trail in Red Rock Canyon on July 6. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
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Sunrise at Lovell Canyon in the Spring Mountains (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
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“The excitement around Red Rock [of] people who want to come and visit the canyon … is the same energy that fuels our robust volunteer program, because people love the canyon so much,” McDermott said. With more visitation along the canyon’s trails, graffiti and trash have become more common, McDermott said. But the organization faces no shortage of volunteers to address those issues, including old and newer residents and even outof-towners, she said. “As the city is promoted and public lands are promoted, we’re definitely seeing an interest from people of all walks of life,” McDermott said. “Even international and national visitors say, ‘Hey, I’m going to be out in Vegas for two weeks. Can I volunteer?’ ” n Preserve and promote: A balancing act The BLM is considering a variety of solutions to address the upswing in visitation, some of which were laid out in a capacity study conducted by the Reno-based environmental group Great Basin Institute in partnership with the Southern Nevada Conservancy. The study’s results are not yet publicly available, but an executive summary recommends that the BLM establish a plan to manage and monitor visitation. That’s something the BLM is starting to work on, Asselin said. But as a federal agency, largescale projects and changes can take time. One change that could come more quickly is better cellphone service to assist those coming to the park via rideshare apps, Asselin said. Another idea suggested by some activists is to promote areas of the park other than the scenic loop,
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which itself represents a fraction of the entire conservation area. Asselin said the BLM might expand parking lots in some of the less trafficked parts of the land. “I think there’s opportunities for other areas within Red Rock Canyon outside the loop to allow people to get in there and go enjoy the beauty, without going the 13 miles that is the loop,” said County Commissioner Justin Jones, who previously worked as an attorney for Save Red Rock. In a similar vein, Save Red Rock is trying to promote visitation to other regional recreational areas, such as Lovell Canyon, located in the Spring Mountains west of Red Rock. The organization recently announced a new campaign called Save Lovell Canyon in response to lead detected in the canyon’s soil, suspected to be introduced through the common but unlawful practice of target shooting (lead-based bullets that seep into the soil have increased lead concentrations to more than 30 times above safe levels, Save Red Rock reported in May). “We’re going to have to do some cleanup,” said Heather Fisher, president of Save Red Rock. While the Save Lovell Canyon campaign focuses on the far-reaching consequences of unauthorized target shooting in natural areas, it also aims to raise awareness about Lovell Canyon’s existence in an effort to diversify recreation opportunities and keep Red Rock visitation at sustainable levels. Another proposed solution would be to establish a shuttle bus along the scenic loop, similar to the shuttle service provided at Zion National Park. But that could be costly and would require dramatically expanding parking at or near the visitor center, so the BLM has no immediate plans, Asselin said. What all these potential solutions have in common is that they could reduce vehicular traffic on
A sign prohibiting shooting in Lovell Canyon (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
“We can’t tout ourselves as a quality of life area if we don’t also have quality of life values like [parks] and sports and other things that will attract the newer generation.” –Heather Fisher, president of Save Red Rock
the scenic loop, the root of overcapacity problems. “We don’t have too many people in the canyon. We have too many cars,” van Betten said. Building a bike path around the entire loop trail to ostensibly encourage multiuse transit into the conservation area and improve safety for cyclists is an ideal way to reduce car traffic, advocates from Save Red Rock say. As part of its bike path proposal, the organization envisions park-andride centers on both ends of the sce-
nic loop, at which drivers could park their cars and hop on their bikes, Fisher said. The path itself could include shade benches and imagery from local artists, Fisher added. Spanning an estimated 50 miles and extending into Summerlin, the proposed bike path would cost tens of millions of dollars at least, Fisher said. Funding is an obvious hurdle, although Save Red Rock anticipates that it could receive some grant funding, potentially from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Southern Nevada Public
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Land Management Act. “But every time a grant comes, we need a matching fund from a local [source],” Fisher said. Local entities have expressed support for the path, including the BLM, the Regional Transportation Commission, the Nevada Department of Transportation and Clark County, Fisher and van Betten said. But Save Red Rock would likely need financial support from private organizations, too, such as casino companies. “That would be really nice to get that community support, and it would show that they care about quality of life here,” Fisher said. In her eyes, quality of life in Las Vegas in general is intrinsically connected to Red Rock. In order for the city to continue to grow and thrive, she believes, the region must promote activities and industries other than just casinos. “We can’t tout ourselves as a quality of life area if we don’t also have quality of life values like [parks] and sports and other things that will attract the newer generation,” she said. “But how you do that without ruining the quality that’s drawing that? … It becomes a big question of management.” Although there is disagreement and uncertainty about what management of Red Rock will look like moving forward, Forte emphasized that all relevant parties have the best interest of the area in mind. “Everyone is trying to come together to find a solution,” she said. “Hopefully we’ll find one, because Red Rock is really a special place, and you don’t want to discourage anyone from going out and experiencing it.”
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2,221,100
1,022,200
1,115,300
837,200 2007
1,066,600
866,200 2006
901,000
845,100 2005
748,400
880,100 2004
1,240,600
1,135,800
1,153,500 2000
500,000
765,000
1,127,500 1999
1,500,000
1,000,000
2,420,700
2,000,000
1,753,300
2,500,000
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2,705,700
In 2018, Red Rock collected $4.08 million in total entry fees. The money stays with the BLM and is used for management of the land.
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IN THE PHOTO: A view of Las Vegas from the Late Night Trails in the Spring Mountains. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
S av e R e d R o c k Established more than a decade ago to promote safety in the conservation area following the death of a cyclist, Save Red Rock has grown into a registered nonprofit with more than 60,000 supporters, said Pauline van Betten, executive director of Save Red Rock. The group’s mission is to preserve and enrich the conservation area for recreational, educational and environmental purposes. It is currently focused on the following campaigns:
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Keep Red Rock Rural The organization opposes proposed developments that would encroach on the conservation area. Even though all of Red Rock is federally protected from development, the surrounding areas are not, and the BLM is not able to stop development that could affect views from within the canyon. The most notable proposal that Save Red Rock opposes would build thousands of homes in Blue Diamond overlooking the canyon. The Clark County Commission stalled that project in April.
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Save Lovell Canyon When the Center for Biological Diversity discovered unsafe lead concentrations in the soil of nearby Lovell Canyon this spring, Save Red Rock announced it would take on a campaign to clean up and protect the Spring Mountains canyon adjacent to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. In parts of the canyon, lead levels are more than 30 times what is considered safe for humans. The Center for Biological Diversity believes that unauthorized shooting in the area with lead-based bullets is to blame. Save Red Rock, the U.S. Forest Service and the Clark County Commission hope to find solutions to the problem soon.
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what is a National Conservation Area? Congressionally designated and overseen by the Bureau of Land Management, national conservation areas are part of the BLM’s national landscape conservation system. The goal of the larger system is to “conserve, protect and restore the exceptional scientific, recreational, cultural, historical and ecological values” for which these lands were protected. These are found almost exclusively in the West; there are 17 national conservation areas nationwide, including three in Nevada.
There are 61 national parks and 17 conservation areas in the U.S. The following compares attendance numbers at parks with the highest visitation, as well as a few of the many conservation areas.
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Build a bike path at Red Rock For years, Save Red Rock has been trying to bring a bike path to the canyon’s scenic loop. A bike path would improve safety and accessibility for cyclists and encourage diverse forms of transportation to and from Red Rock, thereby reducing vehicular traffic, the nonprofit says. The organization has support from the BLM, Clark County and other local groups, but lacks funding. One potential funding source is grant money from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act. But the LWCF remains unfunded at this time, so Save Red Rock is waiting for and urging Congress to reauthorize funding for the federal program.
Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area
McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area
Bryce Canyon National Park
82,670
2,942,382 Joshua Tree National Park
Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area
2,965,309 Glacier National Park
About 90,000
3,040,300 Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
About 300,000
3,104,455
3,491,151 Grand Teton National Park
To get involved with Save Red Rock, email heather@ saveredrock.com or call 702-274-0116.
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Olympic National Park
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Yosemite National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Zion National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
0 Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area has 10 dedicated BLM staff members and six BLM staff members shared with other BLM areas. In 2018, the BLM had 1,047 volunteers provide 28,211 hours of work.
Acadia National Park
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4,115,000
4,590,493
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what is a National Park? The United States’ 61 national parks are managed by the National Park Service, a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior. These parks are typically protected from development because of their scenic and recreational significance, in addition to scientific importance. Yellowstone was the first federally protected park, established in 1872, even though the National Park Service wasn’t officially formed until 1916. Additions to the system are usually made through congressional acts. Nevada has two national parks: Death Valley and Great Basin.
2,679,478
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Disperse and diversify recreation Save Red Rock is advocating for a number of changes at the conservation area in response to growing visitation rates along the scenic loop road. One idea is to bring a shuttle bus to the scenic loop, which visitors could ride after parking their cars at a designated spot near the entrance. Another is to expand trail access in other parts of the conservation area and build a second campground, as the existing one is often at capacity, organization members say. The BLM is considering ways to address high crowds at Red Rock and composing a visitation plan, but it has no official plans for a shuttle bus or additional campground.
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Venture to Commercial Center for this savory lollapalooza: a Filipino-style pork link with all the fixings you’d find in a Vietnamese sandwich—pickled carrots and daikon radish; fresh cucumber, jalapeño and cilantro; chili paste and mayo. It’s basically a Southeast Asian salad in a bun. To drink? Craft brews are all the rage at Sausagefest. There’s also plenty of blush-hued wine available if #roseallday is how you roll, dawg. $9.95, 953 E. Sahara Ave. #E8, 702-382-3379.
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If you don’t have a pool this summer, beat the heat with the next best thing: a frozen cocktail. While we’ve long been known as the city for half-yard glasses of sugary slushies, Vegas has leveled up its icy cocktail game, and you should, too. Say adios to those Blue Curaçao-filled drinks and give one of these classier frozen cocktails a try. Electra Cocktail Club Sam Ross’ latest bar concept inside the Palazzo is his most modern and sexy yet, so it’s no wonder he’s given his classic Penicillin cocktail a chill, contemporary upgrade. For the Penichillin ($18), Ross simply takes the ingredients from the original—Scotch, fresh lemon, ginger, honey and smoky Scotch—and blends them with ice for a playful take. Palazzo, 702-607-1950.
Noodling around Sojo brings unique offerings to the valley’s ramen scene
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So many Japanese noodle houses have available each day ($12.95), so arrive early to slurp with popped up across the Valley the past few gusto (just don’t wear white). years, they almost seem commonplace. But More traditional noodle selections await chopsticks recently, something remarkable hit the scene: Sojo and soup spoons, too. The classic tonkatsu ramen Ramen—from Chef John Chien Lee, the man behind comes with sliced pork, soft-boiled egg, bamboo Soho Japanese Restaurant and Soho Sushishoots, wood ear mushrooms and nori ($8.95). Burrito—and specifically Sojo’s one-of-a-kind SOJO RAMEN Buttery, miso-flavored Sapporo ramen 7377 S. Jones Black on Black bowl. comes sprinkled with corn niblets ($8.95). Blvd., #106, The southwest Valley eatery’s dusky creation Champon ramen is vibrant with shrimp and 702-987-9624. arrives as a mysteriously beautiful cauldron pink-swirled fish cake ($10.95). There’s also Daily, 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. of egg-based strings, sliced chashu pork, a veggie-forward option ($9.50), and sesamemiso-braised ground pork, calamari and bean enhanced Kuro-Goma tantanmen powered sprouts. Everything’s bathed in a pork-bone with spicy chili-oil ($8.95). Gluten-free tofu broth tinted like midnight with roasted black garlic noodles are available with any selection (add $1.50). and squid ink. A garnish of emerald-green garlic chives For sides, try the creamy cabbage-carrot coleslaw lends the sorcerous-looking soup a splash of daylight. ($1.50), silky agedashi tofu with bonito flakes ($3.95) The 30-day-aged allium imparts an umami nuance and zesty pork wonton “tacos” ($3.95) with an icy that’s deep and earthy, and the sepia adds a briny hint mango green tea ($1.95) inside this clean-lined and of the ocean. Only 15 orders of the sensational soup are wood-toned nook. –Greg Thilmont
Starboard Tack This local watering hole specializes in rum, and it also makes one of the best frozen cocktails in the city. The Guava Chi Chi ($8) combines rum, pineapple, coconut and guava for a refreshingly creamy and sweet sip that drinks as smooth as a mocktail … until you’ve had two or three. A juicy seasonal frozen watermelon margarita ($8) is also on offer. 2601 Atlantic St., 702-684-5769. Black Tap The NYC burger stop is known for its wild, over-the-top milkshakes, but it delivers on drinks of the alcoholic persuasion, too. The Elderflower Frozé ($14) includes rosé, strawberry, citrus and elderflowers, while the Spicy Piña ($14) mixes tequila, mezcal, pineapple, lime and chili salt for some bite. Can’t decide? The Vegas Vice ($23) layers the two slushies in an oversize brandy snifter perfect for two. Venetian, 702-4141000. –Leslie Ventura
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Synth-patico Electronic music maestro BT talks All Hail the Silence By Annie Zaleski rian Transeau—better known as BT—is expanding his electronic music empire with the synth-pop project All Hail the Silence. His collaboration with Christian Burns—formerly of BBMak and now a solo artist—released its debut, Daggers, earlier this year. BT checked in the day after a show in Cleveland he called All Hail the Silence’s “best show so far” on a tour opening for Howard Jones, who is “literally is the reason why I wanted to make music with synthesizers. He is 100 percent my inspiration for that.”
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Tell me how All Hail the Silence came to be. [Christian and I] were out singing with Tiësto, and we had this instantaneous musical rapport. We grew up thousands of miles away from one another, [but] we grew up listening to the same
music—Jean-Michel Jarre and Howard Jones and The Human League. We have an incredible, simpatico-type writing aesthetic. There was a moment there—I think Christian was on tour with Armin [van Buuren] in Brazil—and we were texting and I said, “You know, I think this is a band.” He texted back, like, “I think you’re right.” What drew you to make the new album in an analog fashion? I have a friend who’s a synth tech at a local synth shop in Silver Spring, Maryland. He’s the biggest collector of analog synths I’ve ever met in my life—which is really saying something coming from me, because I have a ton of analog synths myself. He’s never let anyone record at his house, and I understand why, because he has all these things
that are so extraordinarily valuable. Anyway, I begged and pleaded for a long time. We wanted to make a record the way that our heroes made records—Tears for Fears, Howard, Yaz, all the Vince Clarke projects, early Depeche [Mode], New Order, Cabaret Voltaire, The Blue Nile. That meant using all of these beautiful vintage analog instruments—analog modular synthesizers—and really doing these bespoke, compositional things from scratch. So many people now take for granted that you can have a laptop and a DAW [digital audio workstation] and some good plug-ins and you can make a record and upload it to Beatport, Apple Music and Spotify. Then if you’re good enough at it, six months later you can be somebody like a Martin Garrix or Madeon and find
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Who: The long-running project year break between albums, feaof vocalist/guitarist Chris tures Crisci’s best material in at Crisci, who has shuffled lineups least 16 years—if not ever. It’s a frequently since starting the most seamless blend of The Apband in LA circa 1996 with pleseed Cast’s many styles that sights on joining the thenpreserves its reputation for dobustling underground ing something new on each emo scene. Crisci release. On Fleeting quickly relocated Light, that’s a to Lawrence, greater reliance Kansas, on synths. For hometown those more of a couple interested of original in the band’s members, emo side, try and began 2003’s Two taking The ApConversations pleseed Cast into or 1998 debut The new sonic territoEnd of the Ring Wars. ries. Crisci’s drive For post-rock, Low THE APPLESEED CAST Level Owl: Volume 1 and experimentawith Young Jesus. tion has allowed and Volume 2 from July 16, 9 p.m., $13-$15. Bunkhouse Saloon, the band to out2001 have stood as 702-982-1764. last—and arguably modern bedrocks of outpace—its initial the genre. idols such as Sunny Day Real Estate and Texas Is the Previously: With Crisci emReason. ployed full time as an audio/ visual engineer at a venue just Sound: The perfect midway point outside of Kansas City, Misbetween emo and post-rock. souri, The Appleseed Cast don’t Think Death Cab for Cutie loaded tour as much as they once did. up with more atmosphere, or even Still, Las Vegas remains a freExplosions in the Sky with the quent stop when the band does addition of confessional and inhit the road. Most recently, The trospective lyricism. The AppleAppleseed Cast played Bunkseed Cast predates both of those house on Halloween 2016—a bands, along with many acts to performance that drew rave which its now compared. Its influreviews. And the band wasn’t ence outweighs its popularity. nearly on its current creative high, with a solidified new Spin: The Fleeting Light of lineup having released a memoImpermanence, released last rable record. Now is the time to month after a career-long sixcatch The Appleseed Cast.
ALL HAIL THE SILENCE Opening for Howard Jones, with Men Without Hats. July 13, 8 p.m., $25-$55. The Club at the Cannery, 702-507-5700.
yourself playing main stage at Ultra. All that’s wonderful, and I love how things have evolved, [but] that’s the exact opposite to the aesthetic that we really wanted to embrace for this. We used no computers in the making of this record. Everything is recorded from analog instruments directly to tape, and the automation was our own hands and sometimes feet. My belief is that part of what’s so special about those records is how hard they were to make. They had to mean it to make it.
I think the thing that really leaps out to me about Christian is his phenomenal voice. He has such great intonations. I love his melodic sensibility, and his lyrics are just unbelievable. The way he can take a really simple idea and turn it into something that’s just haunting and stays with you. And he’s an amazing performer. I’m a bit of a lunatic onstage, terrifying everyone with my throwing-my-keyboards-around antics, so we’re well-suited to be onstage together. I think it’s a lot of fun for people to watch us.
What’s it been like touring and performing with Christian? As a musician,
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HUGH JACKMAN: THE MAN. THE MUSIC. THE SHOW. July 13, 7 p.m., $30-$225. MGM Grand Garden Arena, 702-891-1111.
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Hugh Jackman is out to prove the musical stage is his natural home by geoff carter
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ugh Jackman was unavailable to speak to the Weekly in anticipation of his July 13 appearance at the MGM Grand Garden, which is a real shame because I could have cooked up easily a half hour’s worth of Q&A that wouldn’t have included Wolverine hardly at all. We could easily have devoted 10 minutes alone to his upcoming return to Broadway in a revival of Meredith Wilson’s 1957 classic The Music Man—how he’s hoping to personalize a role so strongly associated with the great Robert Preston; what he hopes the musical could mean to an America divided by worse than Iowan stubbornness; what the hell a “Shipoopi” is. But that’s OK, I guess. Jackman doesn’t need me to tell him that the musical stage probably needs him more than superhero cinema does. He’s got massive hit movie musicals to affirm that for him—2012’s Les Misérables and 2017’s The Greatest Showman—and a stack of Playbills reaching back to a 1998 West End staging of Oklahoma!, two full years before he put on the claws. He’s won a Tony and a Drama Desk Award for playing singer-songwriter Peter Allen in 2003’s The Boy From Oz, and this current concert tour—simply named The Man. The Music. The Show.—isn’t even his first time fronting a musical/variety show; this follows 2011’s Back on Broadway and 2015’s Broadway to Oz. It’s not too much to assume that if they’d figured a way to get songs into the Wolverine movies, Jackman might still be doing them. And he doesn’t need to tell me why he loves stage and screen musicals so much. He evangelized for them in a 2017 interview with Variety: “A bad musical stinks to high heaven, but when
a musical works, there’s nothing like it. … People are screaming and cheering. Nothing I’ve found has matched it. By the end, as you take the curtain call, there’s no sense you’re in front of strangers. It’s an intimacy you get that’s more intense than you have with people you’ve known for many years. It’s everyone coming together and opening their heart.” It’s fairly obvious that Jackman’s love for the stage permeates every single thing he’s done. He enlivened a clichéd computer hacking scene in the unremarkable 2001 thriller Swordfish with impromptu dance steps. He used his intimate knowledge of the sometimes dark world behind the proscenium arch to create an applauseobsessed magician for Christopher Nolan’s 2006 The Prestige. And he reportedly convinced Liev Schreiber to play Sabretooth in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine by playing up the legwork: “To do fight scenes with Hugh was really terrific, because as a dancer, he has that kind of discipline and choreography,” Schreiber said in an interview with Superherohype.com, adding, “[I] always wanted to be a dancer, too.” And so Hugh Jackman takes the stage this week, with an orchestra, a team of dancers and a raft of show tunes he’s helped to popularize. (He might even produce a guest star or two; we have our fingers crossed for former Las Vegan and Greatest Showman co-star Keala Settle.) And he doesn’t need my help to sell what should be a terrific evening of entertainment. But if he’s got a minute for coffee and just wants to talk about how The Music Man’s Harold Hill could easily convince Wolverine to buy dozens of marching band instruments and uniforms, I can be reached through this publication.
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THE MAGIC OF JEN KRAMER Wednesday-Saturday, 5 p.m., $20-$30. Westgate Cabaret, 702-732-5111.
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By Brock Radke he’s the only female headlining magician in Las Vegas today, and she’s just getting started: The Magic of Jen Kramer was recently renewed for two more years at the Westgate Cabaret. The energetic performer talks about her all-ages show and how she puts it together on the latest episode of All the Vegas. “It’s an amazing place and I’m so honored to be part of it,” Kramer says of the Westgate, where she takes the stage Wednesday through Sunday nights. “This is the 50th anniversary of the property, and it’s such an exciting milestone, but when you think of its history, you think of performers like Elvis [Presley] and Barbra Streisand. The real legends have performed here. I’m humbled to get a chance to perform at Westgate and be a part of the Westgate family.” Kramer opened at the Westgate Cabaret—also home to comedian George Wallace and topless revue Sexxy—in May 2018 after high-profile appearances on TV’s Masters of Illusion and Penn & Teller: Fool Us. She’s a graduate of Yale’s theater program and founded the school’s Magic Society. She has also traveled and performed with Magicians Without Borders. “I majored in theater studies because I figured there would be a lot of overlap between theater and magic, and my professors let me and encouraged me to incorporate magic into whatever we did,” she says. “I knew I loved magic and that it was something I wanted to pursue full time after graduation, so my college years were spent figuring that out: How do I take this thing I love and turn it into a full-time profession? How do I practically make that happen?” A Las Vegas internship with comedian and magician Nathan Burton, who currently performs at the Saxe Theater at Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile Shops, was an essential ingredient in
Kramer’s magical development. She also developed a familyfriendly act that plays on her engaging personality rather than creating an onstage persona. “I’d say it’s a slightly more outgoing or polished or prepared version, but ultimately I’m the same person with the same energy,” she says. “It’s a fun world to be a part of. There are some performers who really embody a character that has certain traits. If I can go onstage and be totally present and reacting in real time, that is what will have the audience walking out of the theater thinking, ‘I had a blast.’” Magic has been historically dominated by male performers, but Kramer sees her form of entertainment moving in a new direction. As a kid growing up with a passion for card tricks, her role models were magicians she’d watch on TV, including David Copperfield, David Blaine and Penn & Teller. Now she’s ready to step into that position and inspire other young would-be magicians. “I just think role models are so important in any field, no matter what you’re doing. It’s exciting to see that there’s an increasing number of women in magic, and that will only encourage young girls to see it as an option,” she says. “At our post-show meet-and-greets, I’ll have little girls come up to me and give me a hug and say, ‘That was so cool! I can’t wait to learn magic now.’ I’d love to be that positive role model—someone they can Brock Radke and Mark hopefully look up to and set an Shunock chat with a different, essential Las example that this is something Vegas personality every you can do if you’re interested. other Monday for Las I was surrounded by incredibly Vegas Weekly’s All the Vegas podcast, recorded supportive people and I still at the Space. Find this am, and I really recognize how episode with Derek Steimportant that is.” vens and many more on iTunes, on YouTube or at allthevegas.com.
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The point unravels Denise R. Duarte’s latest exhibit succeeds more as an informative statement than as art By Dawn-Michelle Baude ay attention, as this is a tricky point: Art is not decorative. Another tricky point: Art is not teach-y. On these grounds, Denise R. Duarte’s Unraveling Identity fizzles as an aesthetic statement. With its cute sculpture, cheerful interactive works and copious informational panels, Unraveling Identity feels less like an art show and more like a public service announcement on sexual and gender diversity. The most recent iteration of Duarte’s ongoing project dedicated to sexuality, gender and reproduction in human and botanical worlds, the Sahara West Library exhibition was initially prompted by the artist’s discovery of hermaphroditic “perfect flowers,” such as roses. Unraveling Identity explores sexual and gender identity among plants and humans primarily through language. Two interactive pieces, “Define Yourself” and “The Human Tapestry of Gender and Sexuality,” invite viewers to contribute comments about, say, gender labels, or to select pretty ribbons corresponding to sexual orientation. “The Glossary”—14 large-format wall hang-
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District none? A neighborhood built on the arts is losing galleries and cultural businesses By Leslie Ventura urtis Joe Walker has been a proponent of Downtown’s 18b Arts District for at least a decade. Since 2010, he has owned and operated his photo studio, Photo Bang Bang, out of 224 E. Imperial Avenue, a spot that until recently sat adjacent to the longest-running gay bar in town, Bastille on Third (formerly Snick’s Place, opened in 1976). As secretary of the 18b Arts District neighborhood association since 2013, Walker has seen the area undergo countless changes. But recently, those changes hit closer to home. In February, Atomic Liquors owner Lance Johns purchased the block of buildings that housed Photo Bang Bang, Bastille, the Las Vegas Ballet School, New Moon Entertainment and 1 Stop DJ Shop. The former tenants were not offered an opportunity to renew their leases and were given a two-month notice to move, according to multiple tenants. Johns did not return requests for comment. 1 Stop DJ Shop owner Rob Alahn operated his
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“I had already considered leaving when I found out [Bastille] was leaving,” Silva says. “I thought, ‘What chance do I have?’ I’m a small ballet school teaching children, mostly. It’s not a lot of money. But I do think an arts district needs a ballet school.” It begs the question, what happens when a community’s champions are pushed out? “The changes that are coming to the Arts District are going to seem instantaneous,” says Walker, who still sits on the 18b association board. In April, the Urban Lounge at the Arts Factory shut down on the corner of First and Charleston, and in June, Mingo Kitchen & Lounge and Tacos Huevos both closed on the same street corner. “The thing that makes me sad is that this community of very different people all adding to the same thing is being blown into smithereens,” Alahn says. “Curtis landed here; New Moon is going to land there; I’m going to land someplace else. It’s like shrapnel.”
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Vegas ska band Be Like Max hits B Side at House of Blues on July 12. (Courtesy)
172 Leather Bound Crooks, Damaris, Mojave Sun 7/12. 1 Wild Night (Bon Jovi tribute), Raised on Radio (Journey tribute) 7/13. Blink-180 True (Blink-182 tribute), Nirvanamania (Nirvana tribute) 7/19. Pyrotechnica, A Liar Like You 7/20. Thadeus Gonzalez 7/25. Little Miss Nasty 7/257/26. Alex Di Leo, Cody Lovaas, Amarionette 7/27. Rio, 702-513-3356. ACCESS SHOWROOM Reckless in Vegas 7/13. Candlebox 7/27. Aliante Casino, 702-692-7777. THE BARBERSHOP Cory Edward Brown 7/11. Heavy Petting Zoo 7/12, 7/19, 7/26. The 442s 7/13, 7/20, 7/27. Cameron Dettman 7/18. Justin Carder 7/25. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7434. Brooklyn Bowl Toots & The Maytals 7/17. The Music of Reggae for Kids 7/20. J Boog, Siaosi 7/20. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Lucius 7/21. Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven 7/23. Bowling for Soup, Reel Big Fish, Mest 7/27. Streetlight Manifesto 7/28. The Drums, Chai 7/31. The Music of Prince for Kids 8/10. Mike Xavier, Charlie Muse, Ulysses X Indka 8/17. George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Dumpstapunk, Fishbone, Miss Velvet & The Blue Wolf 8/18. Ballyhoo!, Passafire, Kash’d Out 8/23. Morgan Heritage 8/28. Lisa Lisa, Trinere, Connie, Nocera 8/30. Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers 8/31. Linq Promenade, 702-862-2695. Bunkhouse Saloon Inspector, Los Hollywood, The Scoundrels, Extranos Objetos, DJ Joseph 7/12. The Appleseed Cast 7/16. Grizfolk, Laura Jean Anderson 7/21. Lydia Can’t Breathe, A Light Divided 7/31. 124 S. 11th St., 702-982-1764. The Chelsea Kacey Musgraves, Poolside 8/20. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-6797. Chrome Showroom Pyromania (Def Leppard tribute) 7/13. Santa Fe Station, 702-658-4900. CLEOPATRA’S BARGE Wayne Newton 7/15-7/17, 7/22-7/23, 7/29-7/30. Caesars Palace, 866-227-5938. THE CLUB Howard Jones, Men Without Hats, All Hail the Silence 7/13. Masters of Puppets (Metallica tribute) 7/20. Cannery, 702-507-5700. CLUB MADRID Berlin 7/20. Sunset Station, 702-547-7777. Count’s VAMP’D 9Electric, Bad Little Sister, Dirt Halo 7/11. FXP, Code Red Riot 7/12. Lovedrive (Scorpions tribute), Wheel in the Sky (Journey tribute) 7/13. B.Y.O.B. (System of a Down tribute), Ghost LV (Ghost tribute) 7/18. Pretty Boy Floyd, NiteRain 7/19. Damage Inc (Metallica tribute), Dinner Music for the Gods 7/20. John Zito Band & Friends 7/25. Smashing Alice, Under 7/27. 750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. DALLAS EVENTS CENTER Natural Wonder (Stevie Wonder tribute) 7/26. Texas Station, 702-631-1000. THE Dillinger Leo & Carmela 7/12. The Unwieldies 7/13. Matt Pless, The Rifleman 7/19. Jeff Reylee 7/20. Jase Wills 7/26. Acoustic Mayhem 7/27. 1224 Arizona St., Boulder City, 702-293-4001. THE Dispensary Lounge Ryan Baker 7/12. Gary Fowler 7/13. Jazz Jam 7/17. Toscha
Comeaux 7/19. Karen Jones 7/20. Jazzmin 7/21. Julian Tanaka Quartet 7/24. Inaia Jimenez 7/26. Jo Belle Yonley 7/27. Joe Darro & Friends 7/28. 2451 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-6343. THE DISTRICT AT GREEN VALLEY RANCH Jonny Hazard 7/12. Mikey Tucker 7/13, 7/27. TJ Gage 7/19. Richard Mann 7/26. 2225 Village Walk Drive, 702-564-8595. Dive Bar Three Bad Jacks 7/11. Dead Inception, Saintbreaker, Draugr, Omniversa, Achromatica, Pigeon, Agnostic Purgatory, Nature of the Beast 7/20. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. DOUBLE DOWN SALOON TV Party Tonight w/DJ Atomic, Sector 7G 7/11. C.C. Potato, Gob Patrol, Mokosos, The Nukeproofs 7/12. Tastee Nuggz, LA’s Forgotten, Soldiers of Destruction, Thee Swank Bastards, Damaged Savage, VJ Atomic 7/13. Alfred & the Teddinators, Octopus Tree, Black Medicine 7/14. The Bargain DJ Collective 7/15. Unique Massive 7/16. GoldTop Bob & The Goldtoppers 7/17. Pyrite Sidewalk, Tony Taylor & The Novababies, The Patients 7/18. Jerk!, The Pluralses, War Called Home 7/19. The Psyatics, The Deaddolls, The Negative Nancys 7/20. 4640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS EVENTS CENTER Young the Giant, Fitz & The Tantrums, Alice Merton 8/16. 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000. Encore Theater Melissa Etheridge 7/12. Brian McKnight 7/19. Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo 8/2-8/3. Lionel Richie 8/9-8/10. Diana Ross 8/14, 8/16-8/17, 8/21, 8/23-8/24. Wynn, 702-770-6696.
EVEL PIE Civil War Rust, Better Broken 7/11. The Dollyrots, The Darts, Crimson Riot 7/12. Mercy Music, Sad Girlz Club, Light Weight, Brusier Queen 7/17. Kids on Fire 7/22. Audio Karate, Dikembe, Pool Kids, Sprockets 7/27. 508 Fremont St., 702-840-6460. Fremont STREET EXPERIENCE Fuel, Toadies, Sponge 7/20. Lance Bass, O-Town, Aaron Carter, Ryan Cabrera, Tyler Hilton 7/27. Collective Soul 8/10. Buckcherry 8/17. Cheap Trick 8/24. The Wallflowers 8/30. vegasexperience.com. Gilley’s Saloon Voodoo Cowboys 7/11. Michael Austin 7/12-7/13. Just Dave 7/17-7/18. Rebel Heart 7/19-7/20. Left of Centre 7/24-7/25. Rob Staley 7/26-7/27. Dynamite Draw 7/31. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. GO POOL Randy Houser 7/12. Midland 7/26. Russell Dickerson 8/27. Flamingo, 702-697-2888. GOLD MINE TAVERN Moves Collective 7/11. Steve Surgis & The Riflemen 7/12. Virgidian, MGG & Co. 7/13. 23 S. Water St., 702-478-8289. Golden Nugget Showroom Steven Adler 7/12. The Babys 7/19. The Grass Roots 7/26. Ambrosia 8/2. Rick Derringer 8/9. The Grass Roots 8/16. B.J. Thomas 8/23. 866-946-5336. GRAND EVENTS CENTER Kenny Cetera’s Chicago Experience (Chicago tribute) 7/26. Eclipse 7/27. Green Valley Ranch, 702-617-7777. HARD ROCK HOTEL POOL The Green, Leilani Wolfgramm, ST1 8/2. 702-693-5000. Hard Rock Live Tito Rojas, Maelo Ruiz 7/20.
3771 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-733-7625. HARDWAY 8 Stefnrock 7/12. The Unwieldies, Charlie Tuna Band 7/19 46 S. Water St., 702-410-5124. House of Blues Strange Days (Doors tribute) 7/12. Thigh Voltage (AC/DC tribute), Children of the Grave (Black Sabbath tribute), Dio Rising (Dio tribute) 7/13. La Sonora Dinamita 7/18. Hinder, Royal Bliss 7/21. Pouya, Ramirez, Boobie Lootaveli 7/22. August Burns Red, Silverstein, Silent Planet 7/23. The Alarm, Modern English, Gene Loves Jezebel 7/24. Whiskey Myers 7/26. Static-X, DevilDriver, Dope, Wednesday 13, Raven Black 7/27. Gojira 8/2. Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge 8/3. Strangelove (Depeche Mode tribute) 8/8. Nas 8/10. Psycho Las Vegas ft. Opeth, Electric Wizard & more 8/16-8/18. O.A.R., American Authors 8/20. Leoni Torres 8/26. Daniel Caesar 8/29. Black Flag, The Dickies, D.I., The Linecutters 8/30. Skillet, Sevendust, Pop Evil, Devour the Day 8/31. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. The Joint Yes, Asia, John Lodge, Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy 7/26. Mary J. Blige 8/16-8/17. Brian Wilson, The Zombies 8/31. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000. THE LAWN Jeremy Cornwell, Shawn Eiferman 7/17. Downtown Summerlin, downtownsummerlin.com. M Pool Bonafide 7/12. Haleamano 7/19. Barry Black 7/26. M Resort, 702-797-1000. Mandalay Bay BEACH Psycho Las Vegas ft. The Original Misfits, Opeth, Electric Wizard & more 8/16-8/18. Iration, Pepper, Katastro
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clubs BREATHE Chuck Fader 7/12. DJ Yonny 7/13. Chuck Fader 7/14. Hard Rock Hotel, 702693-5505. Chateau Conclave Party 7/11. DJ C-L.A. 7/12. DJ Yo Yolie 7/13. DJ Paradice 7/17. Paris, 702776-7770.
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DAYDREAM DJ Deville 7/13. Cam Colston 7/14. M Resort, 702-797-1808. DAYLIGHT DJ Neva 7/11. DJ Que 7/12. DJ Stellar 7/13. Rick Ross 7/14. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-4700. Drai’s BEACHCLUB Deux Twins 7/12. Migos 7/13. Pauly D 7/14. Paraiso: F3R, Jesse Saunders & more 7/16. Cromwell, 702-777-3800. Drai’s Migos 7/12. Gucci Mane 7/13. Cromwell, 702-777-3800. ENCORE BEACH CLUB Dillon Francis 7/12. Nightswim: SayMyName 7/12. Kygo 7/13. Nightswim: DJ Diesel, Valentino Khan 7/13. Diplo 7/14. Nightswim: Diplo 7/17. Encore, 702-770-7300. Foundation Room DJ Seany Mac 7/12. DJ Excel 7/13. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7631.
STAR OF THE DESERT ARENA Lyle Lovett & His Large Band 7/13. Dwight Yoakam 7/27. Primm, 702-386-7867.
GO POOL Jenna Palmer, Exodus 7/11. DJ Supa James 7/12. DJ Skribble 7/13. Ava Max 7/14. Greg Lopez, JD Live 7/16. Flamingo, 702-697-2888.
STARBOARD TACK Pity Party, Jack Evan Johnson, Tin Cup, Tony Taylor & The Nova Babies 7/22. 2601 Atlantic St., 702-684-5769.
JEMAA THE NOMAD POOL PARTY DJ G-Squared, Bacatime 7/12. Viceroy 7/13. J Diesel 7/14. Park MGM, 702-730-6784.
Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Brian James Schram 7/12. Josh Phillips 7/13. Sean Curtis & The Divide 7/19. Chris Bandi 7/26. Town Square, 702-435-2855.
KAOS Dayclub: David Clutch 7/12. Marshmello 7/12. Dayclub: Marshmello 7/13. Lil Nas X 7/13. Dayclub: Vice 7/14. Gorgon City 7/14. Palms, 702-739-5267.
SUNCOAST SHOWROOM Mick Adams & The Stones (Rolling Stones tribute) 7/13. Peace Frog (Doors tribute) 7/20. The Heart of Rock & Roll (Huey Lewis tribute) 7/27. 800-745-3000.
Light Flipp Dinero 7/12. Kid Conrad 7/13. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-4700.
SUNSET STATION AMPHITHEATER Dee Snider, Dokken, L.A. Guns 7/27. 800-745-3000.
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Marquee DAYCLUB Konstantina Gianni 7/11. Deorro 7/12. DJ Mustard 7/13. Cut Snake 7/14. Cosmopolitan, 702-333-9000.
Terry Fator TheatRE Boyz II Men 7/127/14, 8/2-8/4. Mirage, 702-792-7777.
Marquee Gashi 7/12. Lil Dicky 7/13. Boombox Cartel 7/15. Cosmopolitan, 702333-9000.
T-Mobile Arena Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bad Company 8/16. George Strait, Ashley McBryde 8/23-8/24. 702-692-1600.
ON THE RECORD DJ Ghost, D-Sharp 7/11. Chris Villa 7/12. DJ Jazzy Jeff 7/13. Joe Maz 7/17. Park MGM, 702-730-7777.
TopGolF Inna Vision, Shaggamon, New Age Tribe 7/25. Jimmie Allen 8/4. 4627 Koval Lane, 702-933-8458.
TAO BEACH Javier Alba 7/11. Konstantina Gianni 7/12. Ruckus 7/13. DJ C-L.A. 7/14. Venetian, 702-388-8588.
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XS Diplo 7/12. Galantis 7/13. Nightswim: Kygo 7/14. Encore, 702-770-7300.
Comedy ART SQUARE THEATRE DTLV Neon Nights Improv Showcase 7/14. 1025 S. 1st St., 702-383-3133. BONKERZ COMEDY CLUB Phil Johnson 7/11. Rampart Casino, 702-507-5900.
Chillin’ & Grillin’ Under The Stars
Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club Rondell Sheridan, Andy Hendrickson, Rick D’Elia Thru 7/14. Bob Zany, Francisco Ramos, Tom Garland 7/15-7/21. MGM Grand, 866-740-7711. THE CLUB Celeste Barber 7/12. Cannery, 702-507-5700. COMEDY CELLAR Kathleen Dunbar, Mike Yard, Joel Ozborn, Steve Byrne, Mark Cohen Thru 7/14. Tom Cotter, Matt Kirshen, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Jeff Leach, Tony Woods, Mark Cohen 7/15-7/21. Rio, 702-777-2782. JIMMY KIMMEL’S COMEDY CLUB Alonzo Bodden 7/11-7/14. Linq Promenade, 702-777-2782.
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JOKESTERS COMEDY CLUB Don Barnhart, PJ Molloy Thru 7/14. Don Barnhart, Ryan Cole 7/15-7/21. The D, 702-388-2111. L.A. COMEDY CLUB Kevin Shea Thru 7/14. KT Tatara 7/15-7/21. The Strat, 702-380-7711. LAUGH FACTORY Raj Sharma, KT Tatara, Stuart Thompson Thru 7/14. Steve Shaffer, Kevin Downey Jr., Bob DiBuono 7/15-7/19. Tropicana, 702-739-2411. Orleans Showroom Celeste Barber 7/13. 702-365-7111. The Pearl Gary Owen 7/13. Palms, 702-944-3200. SAND DOLLAR LOUNGE Comedy 7/15. Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401. TICKLE ME COMEDY CLUB Dirty Red, Justin Berkman Thru 7/20. Eclipse Theaters, 702-816-4300.
Performing Arts & Culture BARNES & NOBLE Dan Schilling 7/16. 2191 N. Rainbow Blvd., 702-631-1775.
THE Mob Museum Follow the Money: The Treasury Department’s Century-Long War on the Mob 7/13. Science of Crime: Latent Fingerprints 7/13. 300 Stewart Ave., themobmuseum.org. Rainbow Library Brian Rouff 7/13. 3150 N. Buffalo Drive, 702-507-3710.
CORE CONTEMPORARY Sapira Cheuk: New Vessels, Unmade Structures Thru 8/31. 900 E. Karen Ave. #D222, 702-805-1166.
THE Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) The Turtles, Chuck Negron, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, The Buckinghams, The Classics IV, The Cowsills 7/12. 702-749-2000.
CSN (Fine Arts Gallery) Erik Beehn: Are We There Yet 7/12-8/31. (Artspace Gallery) Yidan Guo: The Art of Introspection 7/12-9/3. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-4146.
The Space Hamiltunes! The All-American Sing-Along 7/14. Mondays Dark 7/15. 3460 Cavaretta Court, 702-903-1070.
Sahara West Library Everybody Has a Dream Juried Exhibit Thru 7/20. Denise R. Duarte: Unraveling Identity Thru 7/20. 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3630.
Summerlin Library Saxsation w/Sid the Kid 7/14. 1771 Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3860. The Writer’s Block Julie Henson artist talk 7/11. Shortlist Book Club 7/16. 519 S. 6th St., 702-550-6399.
Centennial Hills LIBRARY Django Shredders 7/13. 6711 N. Buffalo Drive, 702507-6100.
LOCAL THEATER
Clark County WETLANDS PARK Tale of Two Tules 7/17. Nature Center Auditorium, 7050 Wetlands Park Lane, 702 455-7522.
COCKROACH THEATRE The Nik Naks Thru 7/14. Art Square Theatre, 1025 S. 1st St., #110, 725-222-9661.
East Las Vegas Library Veserium 7/11. Django Shredders 7/14. 2851 E. Bonanza Road, 702-507-3500
Las Vegas Little Theatre Godspell 7/12-28. 3920 Schiff Drive, 702-362-7996.
ESCAPE ARTIST STUDIOS Lush: Words + Design Collab Art Exhibition Thru 7/12. 1025 S. First St. #150. Historic FiftH STREET SCHOOL Okee Dokee Brothers 7/11. 401 S. 4th St., 702-229-6469. MGM Grand Garden Arena Hugh Jackman 7/13. 702-531-3826.
Galleries & Museums
Majestic Repertory Theatre I, Nomi Thru 7/14 1217 S. Main St., 702-478-9636. Super Summer Theatre A Midsummer Night’s Dream Thru 7/13. Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, 702-579-7529. TSTMRKT One Night in Pasty 7/12. Cornish Pasty, 10 E. Charleston Blvd., tstmrkt.com.
West Charleston Library Las Vegas News Bureau: Vegas Golden Knights Thru 7/16. 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-507-3940. Whitney Library Nevada Camera Club: Annual Electronic Image Competition Thru 9/15. Reception 7/11. 5175 E. Tropicana Ave., 702507-4010. Windmill Library Schmitt and Johnsen: Frozen in Flux Thru 7/14. 7060 W. Windmill Lane, 702-507-6030.
FOOD & DRINK Summer SiP: A Beer Walk in the Park 7/13. Downtown Container Park.
SPORTS LAS VEGAS AVIATORS Salt Lake 7/11-7/14. Las Vegas Ballpark, 702-386-7200. NBA SUMMER LEAGUE Thru 7/15. Thomas & Mack Center, Cox Pavilion, nbatickets.com.
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That includes James himself, who makes sure he has a front-row seat along the visitors’ baseline. If this game isn’t already the epicenter of the basketball world, James’ presence puts it over the top. He’s in full “King mode,” greeting and rapping with dozens of players, coaches, staffers, executives and administrators throughout the night. Everyone wants to kiss the ring. Even Lonzo Ball and Josh Hart, two former Lakers who were traded away, make their way over to genuflect. How influential is James? At one point before Zion and the Pelicans tip off, a summer league executive approaches LeBron to ask if he’s “OK with Derozan.” LeBron says yes, and a few minutes later the exec brings San Antonio Spurs all-star Demar Derozan to the court and seats him a few spots down from James. Poor Derozan can’t even get a seat unless LeBron OKs it. The anticipation builds for Williamson’s arrival. Reporters gather in the tunnel to witness his entrance from the team bus, and the crowd rises to a full roar when Zion chugs out of the locker room and onto the floor for warmups. Every time Williamson hammers a dunk in warmups, the fans explode. It’s jarring to hear such full, unilateral support for one player like this. Midway through the first quarter, the NBA Summer League hits its all-time peak. Newly acquired Laker Anthony Davis enters the arena and takes a seat next to—who else?— LeBron James. On the court, Williamson rips the ball away from a defender in the backcourt and slams down a two-handed power dunk. It’s a uniquely Zion play, and it draws an explosive ovation from the crowd. It’s the loudest the Mack has been in a long, long time. That’s the pinnacle. From there, the night tapers off. Williamson’s conditioning gets the best of him. Though he manages a few more dunks, he’s clearly laboring up and down the court. He checks out early in the second quarter and doesn’t return. LeBron leaves late in the first half, taking the rest of the star power with him. The crowd thins. Early in the fourth quarter, an earthquake stops the action. An earthquake! The game is postponed; it’s almost as if the universe itself was done with the game as soon as Zion and LeBron made their exits. Why bother finishing? The fans got what they wanted. The next day, the Pelicans announce that Williamson will not play again during the summer because of a “knee bruise” suffered in his first game. It casts a slight pall over the rest of the schedule—and maybe the future of the summer league. With all sports growing more cautious about overworking the players—the NBA is at the forefront of “load management”—it seems only a matter of time before summer league takes a hit. Preseason games (and some regularseason contests) are already deemed unnecessary injury risks; it’s logical to assume that sometime in the near future, NBA teams will balk at putting their lottery picks on the floor in meaningless summer games. Zion might end up being an unfortunate trendsetter in that regard. But the nine minutes he spent on the court went a long way toward making it the most memorable day in summer league history. Las Vegas was the center of the NBA world. And it shook.
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hen you enter the southernmost part of the Las Vegas Strip and are greeted by the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign, you can tell everyone you’ve reached Paradise — literally. That’s because the Strip isn’t actually located within Las Vegas city limits, even though it has a Las Vegas ZIP code. The Strip isn’t alone in this. McCarran International Airport, UNLV, the Las Vegas Convention Center and many other popular Southern Nevada tourist destinations are located in unincorporated areas within Clark County. Winchester, Enterprise, Spring Valley, Sunrise Manor and Whitney, which are often mistakenly thought to reside within Las Vegas city limits, are actually unincorporated towns within Las Vegas Township. And unincorporated Clark County is large. The population surpassed 1 million in 2018, almost twice the population of Las Vegas, according to the County Department of Comprehensive Planning. In fact, if the unincorporated county were a city, it would be the largest in the state by far, said Clark County spokesman Erik Pappa. This puts Clark County in an unusual position of power, said UNLV historian Michael Green. “Because the county has the Strip, that gives the county government so much more power than frankly any other body in the state of Nevada,” he said. “This is the only state I know of where people give up seats on the legislature to go serve on county commission.” In most other states, Green said, county government directly serves unincorporated populations in rural communities. Clark County, on the other hand, is much more urban.
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Residents who live within the boundaries of the area’s five cities—Boulder City, Henderson, Las Vegas, Mesquite and North Las Vegas—receive their municipal government services such as fire, public works and building inspections through the city. Residents who do not live within city limits receive these services from the county. The county also manages regional services that include the airport and University Medical Center. Residents in unincorporated areas can’t necessarily raise concerns at a Las Vegas City Council meeting, so the Clark County Commission is the equivalent of their city council. Unincorporated communities also have their own town advisory boards. Communities such as Spring Valley, for example, have five board members and meet twice a month. They also post their agendas and minutes like any other city council. Las Vegas and Clark County share their police department—the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Before 1973, Clark County had five law enforcement agencies: the Clark County Sheriff’s Department, City of Las Vegas Police Department, City of North Las Vegas Police Department, City of Henderson Police Department and Boulder City Police Department. At the time, Las Vegas had the largest agency in Nevada. Many argued for incorporation of areas in the county because it had become so urbanized and should be serviced by a municipal government. In 1973, the Nevada Legislature passed Senate Bill 340, which disbanded Clark County and Las Vegas’ law enforcement agencies and consolidated them into what is known today as Metro. In additional to law enforcement, the Valley also shares the same flood control, school and health districts.
Annexation attempts
According to Nevada Revised Statutes, annexation can be initiated when the majority of property owners residing in an unincorporated territory desire annexation. It can also occur when an adjacent municipality deems it necessary to annex. There aren’t substantial benefits for property owners to annex themselves into city limits, according to Green. “Clark County government operates much like a city,” he said. “For that reason, not being in the city isn’t as big a deal here as it might be in other states.” In addition, property owners typically don’t want to be annexed into adjacent municipalities
“Clark County government operates much l i k e a c i t y, F o r t h at r e a s o n , n o t b e i n g in the city isn’t as big a deal here as it might be in other states.” because that adds another layer of taxes. Clark County has 111 tax districts. The tax rate in each district is determined by the amount of money budgeted for government-provided services such as fire, police, schools and libraries. Residents who live in unincorporated areas of the county typically pay a lower property tax rate than those who live in one of the five cities, as they avoid the added layer of a municipal tax rate. For example, a property owner living in the North Las Vegas tax district would pay a 3.35 percent property tax rate, while one living in the unincorporated Muddy River tax district would pay 2.5 percent. There have been several attempts by the city to annex parts of unincorporated Clark County. One of the most notable occurred in the ’50s, when Las Vegas tried to annex the Strip, seeing the separation as a huge loss in tax revenue. Resort and casino owners weren’t keen on this move, and Flamingo owner Gus Greenbaum led a lobbying effort to thwart this attempt. “There was also apparently a concern that if they ended up being part of the city, they’d have to donate to city campaigns,” Green said. “Heaven knows they donate now. They didn’t really escape that.” The Clark County Commission eventually voted to create the unincorporated town of Paradise in 1950. The first town board consisted of five casino managers, and Greenbaum chaired the board. “Greenbaum became the unofficial mayor of Paradise,” Green said. “And he was a mobster.” Paradise was eventually divided into two townships: Paradise A and Paradise B. Paradise A was eventually renamed Winchester and Paradise B was simply named Paradise. In 1975, Nevada passed a law that would have
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incorporated Paradise into the city of Las Vegas, but it was later deemed unconstitutional by the Nevada Supreme Court. The attempt to consolidate was made again in 1977, and this time the issue was put to the voters. Voters in Las Vegas said yes. Voters in Clark County said no. More recent annexation attempts occurred in 2000 when Henderson expanded its western fringe by annexing 5,473 acres of unincorporated Clark County. It was a joint plan between the city and county and was the city’s largest annexation since 1971, when it acquired an 8-mile stretch of what is now eastern Henderson. In 2017, Henderson again expanded its city limits by annexing more than 35 acres northwest of Las Vegas Boulevard South and St. Rose Parkway. The city also annexed 10 acres located at Via Nobila in West Henderson. Early last year, Las Vegas petitioned to annex small portions of Clark County encompassing 872 acres of land and 1,553 properties. All of these “county islands” are surrounded by city land. Then-City Councilman Steve Seroka expressed concern over the city providing services to nonresidents. County residents, though, were not on board with the plan. While Nevada law gives cities the ability to annex county land they encompass, they can’t move forward if property owners object to it. To put a stop to annexation plans, property owners representing more than half the county acreage in the proposed annexation delivered a protest petition. Residents also sent more than 1,200 protest letters.
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ory Summerhays cringes when people refer to him as “boss.” The founder and CEO of a painting empire that includes Unforgettable Coatings, Final Touch Painting and Blue Ape Painting, Summerhays likes to introduce himself as a partner or a leader. “It comes down to my respect for every individual who works within the organization,” he says. “I much prefer being called a leader, because ‘boss’ to me says it’s the guy who tells them what to do. If I’m that guy who has to tell somebody what to do, I don’t see myself as a very good leader.”
Tell us your background and you’re out running a lemonade stand at the corner how it prepared you for business. with hopes of buying a bike, use the profits to buy I grew up the son of a single teenage mother. All I two bikes—one to ride and one to rent out. Those need to say is I’ve been a hustler and an individual type of thoughts were mine at a young age. with a certain perspective that has served me well. There were certainly ramifications to not havI certainly don’t regret my upbringing. I ing two parents and challenges in my teen see my upbringing as a great advantage. years. I wasn’t always a kid making correct What it looked like was me getting a decisions. That played a role and took its lesson in economics at age 4, a lesson in toll, but I was able to turn a corner thanks Money 101 at age 5. It was young Cory goto a couple mentors who came into my ing to Mom and asking, “Mom, why don’t life, particularly a spiritual mentor who we have our own house? Why are we living encouraged me to pursue the happiness in a friend’s basement?” Or, “Why is it we that comes by serving people. So I did a can’t go straight home after school and two-year mission. Summerhays work? We go to the Boys & Girls Club.” And Mom’s response was, “I have a second job after What is your management style? the first one to pay the bills.” A manager is one who influences peak perforAt a very early age, I had an understanding of the mance. Our style to influence performance across dollar, an understanding of the necessity for hard the board is to realize that each individual is work and the necessity for a pursuit to get ahead, uniquely different, and to influence each one with the pursuit to create a better life. My mom was doone standard style doesn’t work. So how we are able ing that, and it was great that I saw that. to do that is to first and foremost believe in the inI was out at an early age, as man of the house, dividual and then treat each individual uniquely. to drum up business. The great author and public Our management style is that we trust those we speaker Zig Ziglar said something about how if bring into the company and allow them to have au-
tonomy to make decisions. Just that expression of trusting the individuals has yielded success for us. The worst thing you can do is attract people smarter than you, then tell them what to do. I happen to be the leader of the organization, I happen to know where we ought to be going, but I understand we work in a complex environment and make complex decisions at all times, so I need to be able to lean on those behind me to maintain that leadership. There needs to be accountability for salespeople to perform, but we’re not calling them at the end of every day to find out if they hit certain numbers. We’re not micromanaging. What has been your largest project? It’s not rare for us to have projects in the million dollar-plus range. We do projects on the Strip and projects for large contractors building multifamily developments. In Nevada alone, we painted more than 15,000 residences this past year. Locally, we are repainting Sam’s Town and the Tanager highend luxury apartment buildings in Downtown Summerlin. We did the Westgate rebranding, the Platinum and the high-rise Metropolis HOA behind the Wynn. In Salt Lake City, we’re part of the big airport expansion in Salt Lake City, and did the rebranding of the Utah Jazz arena. What is your strategy to achieve long-term success? One of our mantras that goes along with the customer experience is that we talk a lot about paint, and to the average person, paint is not necessarily exciting. But the reality is that’s not who we are. Painting is what we do, but providing an unforgettable experience is who we are. If we focus on our pursuit to provide an unforgettable experience for our people and our consumers, we believe we will have success well into the future. How do you give back to the community? We’ve got 300 frontline workers, and that creates a lot of need within our organization. We love our people, and we take care of our people. There are several things we do that allow them to have unforgettable experiences or opportunities to be with their family. One of the things I love is our tradition at Christmastime. It goes back to what my mother did with me when we started getting in a better position. Every year, we take the kids of our employees to Walmart, and each kid gets a gift certificate for $100 to buy presents for their family. Outside of our organization, we gravitate toward charities and groups that deal with things close to our heart and that our employees have been influenced by. For instance, infertility has been an issue Continued on Page 64
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Continued from Page 62 for several people in our organization, so we work with resolve.org, which looks to help support those affected by infertility by providing treatments or helping with the adoption process. We sponsor families with a $15,000 donation per year. Another charity we work with is SafeNest, which helps support those who have been affected by domestic violence. This year is also our first year supporting thephoenix.org, a charity focused on rehabilitation of those influenced by drugs and alcohol. There are a lot of different things we see we can support and influence, and we hope that by doing so, we can leave more of a footprint and a legacy here in Las Vegas and across the other states we’re in that expands beyond just putting paint on buildings. As a father of five, how do you balance work and family life? In short, I don’t. That will forever be my struggle. I’m obsessed with whatever it is on my plate. The trick is to make sure the kids are on the plate as much as possible. When I get home, it’s about being present and making sure I treat each one of my kids and their aspirations and what I hope they can achieve—even though it sounds kind of cold taken out of context—like a business. For me to expect maximum performance from each of my kids, it takes me dialing in and requiring real accountability from both myself and them. Balance is difficult, but certainly my ability to focus throughout the day on how to communicate well with people I care about to build a successful organization has served me as a dad, husband and friend outside of work. What are some challenges you think future business owners will face? There is a perpetual labor shortage problem. When there is a lack of diversity within the labor force in positions of craftsman and leader-
Cory Summerhays, CEO of Unforgettable Coatings, Final Touch Painting and Blue Ape Painting. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
ship, we have found that leaves a segment of workers in a bad situation. There is a lack of diversity right now for frontline workers. There is also a lack of desire among young people to pursue those trades. I would like to see more business owners pursue better training programs for kids coming out of high school and create a better outlook of construction positions in general. I founded my business in the middle of the recession, so we built lean. We knew that if we were going to succeed in a constricted market, we would have to figure out how to differentiate. Times are great right now. There’s a lot of money out there. People are spending, so a perspective of complacency will settle in, and it leaves room for a false sense of success. New business owners ought to focus on differentiation in the marketplace and learn to understand competition and their environment. In the end, you’re there to serve the consumer above all. If you continue to create a better experience, you’ve won and you’re going to
survive tough times. What is your biggest pet peeve? One big thing for me is excuses. Nothing is more powerful for me than an individual who has the mentality of no excuses and 100 percent ownership. It stems back to my upbringing and the fact that I certainly can point to many reasons why my life was unfair. But I love seeing individuals who, despite there being plenty of opportunities to give excuses, choose the route of complete ownership over what they can control and leaving excuses by the wayside. That is a powerful way to identify a true leader and an individual who gets it. Life’s not fair, that’s just the reality. There are plenty of excuses at every turn, but there’s no room in my organization for them. What’s on your bucket list? Writing a book would be great. But do I have something to give? I’m a thinker. I’m a unique cat, an outlier, my wife is very patient. But does that mean that’s interesting or I have
something to give? I don’t know. I also would love to go to space. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Last year, we qualified for a position at BYU with the engineering and robotics department. Our idea was one of 15 to be presented to a group of graduating students who took our concept and brought it to production. That concept was that painting could be produced in the field with a robot. Down the line, that automation will be inevitable. We believe that automation and construction in general will continue to evolve and many tasks will be performed by robots, and we’ll be on the front end of that. What is something that people might not know about you? I speak fluent Spanish, and I speak Portuguese. I’m also a belly dancer. I’m very good at it for some odd reason. I have great ab muscles, and it just flows. It’s incredible.
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VegasInc Notes Terry and Ruth Whalen, owners of Image360, were recognized with the annual Gold Sales Growth award by Alliance Franchise Brands network, recognizing the top sales growth by percentage in the international network of signs and graphic providers. They also received the Top Sales Increase to recognize their record-breaking sales and customer support efforts, as well as the Project of the Year award. Betty Dobbs-Funk is director of palliative care operations at Nathan Adelson Hospice. She will develop and manage the Elaine Wynn Palliative Care Program. Attorney Joseph Brown joined City National Bank’s Southern Nevada Advisory Board. Brown is of counsel with Kolesar & Leatham. Executive chef and owner Dan Krohmer of Other Mama Hospitality has opened Hatsumi at 1028 Fremont St., Las Vegas. Robert Arnal is Nevada State Bank’s vice president, business development sales manager. Breann Henderson is a project manager with Burke Construction Group.
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Mozell Williams is vice president of the Southern Nevada developer division of CAMCO, a management-services company that works with community associations. A Cricket Wireless store is open at 3518 E. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las Vegas. Jose Espinel is AT&T’s assistant vice president of sales and distribution for Las Vegas and San Diego. Las Vegas is receiving $45 million in federally funded New Markets Tax Credits to invest in low-income and underserved communities as part of a U.S. Treasury Department program that encourages investment in traditionally underserved communities. Las Vegas formed its own community development entity, the Las Vegas Community Investment Corporation, to facilitate investment in owner-occupied commercial real estate projects, particularly those involving manufacturing, mixed-use, education and health care. The service area includes all of Las Vegas’ highly distressed neighborhoods, but the LVCIC is specifically targeting the communities most severely affected by Nevada and Las Vegas’ dra-
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horoscopes week of July 11 by rob brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’re in the land of green magic. In the land of green magic, the seeds of extraneous follies and the seeds of important necessities both grow extra fast. Unless you’re a careful weeder, useless stuff will spring up and occupy too much space. Be firm in rooting out the blooms that won’t do you any good. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Eight years ago, researchers in Kerala, India, went to a temple and climbed down into centuries-old vaults deep beneath the main floor. They found a disorganized mess of treasure in the form of gold and precious gems, among other valuables. Be more alert than usual to undiscovered riches in your own life and in your own psyche. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Children need to learn certain aptitudes at certain times. If they don’t, they may not be able to master those aptitudes later in life. For example, if infants don’t get the experience of being protected and cared for by adults, it will be hard for them to develop that capacity as toddlers. The next two years are critical for you to become more skilled at the arts of togetherness and collaboration; to upgrade your abilities so as to get the most out of your intimate relationships. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Vantablack is a material made of carbon nanotubes. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, it is the darkest stuff on the planet. No black is blacker. Unfortunately, an artist named Anish Kapoor owns exclusive rights to use it in the art world. Do not follow Kapoor’s selfish example in the coming weeks. It’s crucial that you share your prime gifts and your unique blessings with the world. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What are you addicted to? What habits are you entranced by? What conditioned responses are you enslaved to? What traps have you agreed to be snared by? The time is right to identify these compulsions, then make an audacious break for freedom. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): When cherries are nearing the end of their ripening process, they are especially vulnerable. If rain falls during those weeks, they can rot or split. Cherrygrowers hire helicopter pilots to hover over the trees right after it rains, using the downdraft to dry the fruit. Be on the lookout for similar protective measures during the climactic phase of your personal ripening process. Care of your valuables by any means necessary.
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ACROSS 1 Trapped 8 Moderately slow tempo 15 Hot coal 20 Left over 21 Velvet Underground singer 22 Myanmar, previously 23 * “Chicago” poet who worked for a rival of Revlon? 25 Vital liquid 26 Pitcher — Nomo 27 Big joint 28 Antique auto 30 Furry Oz visitor 31 More like baking bread’s smell 34 * 2003 “American Idol” runner-up from Alberta? 39 Like Hindi or Urdu 41 Many a youth 42 Soup sample 43 * Reply when the crooner of “Honey” asked how he should criticize people? 48 The Fate who cut the thread of destiny 52 Pitti Palace’s river 53 Gladys Knight & the Pips’ “I’ve Got to — Imagination” 54 Like an obsessed mind 55 A whole lot 57 * “Go take a nap, you Bolshevik leader”? 61 Dig up 63 Range ropes 64 Emmy winner Michaels 65 What each guy who’s an answer to a starred clue is?
[hint: skip over the even letters in his first name] 69 “— diem!” 74 Ate into 75 “180 illegal” road sign 77 * Gets hold of the singer of “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay”? 85 Got closer to 86 Pungent red roots 87 Din 89 Spanish body of water 90 Many private planes 91 * Novelist of “Humboldt’s Gift” imitating a beach bird? 95 Chaney of “The Trap” 96 Certain peer 97 “McSorley’s Bar” painter John 98 * Co-star of “Neighbors” with a Seussian StarBelly? 103 Conjecturer’s words 108 Is unwell 109 Anvil setting 110 401(k) kin 112 Many a youth 113 Flood control 115 * 20-season Houston Astros player who was a hot rodder? 121 Big blue expanse 122 Worked, as dough 123 Garage door gadgets 124 Aeries, e.g. 125 Veterans 126 Co-star of HBO’s “Insecure”
DOWN 1 Restless 2 “I’m serious!” 3 Carne — (burrito fill) 4 Is like a mole 5 Like salivary glands near ears 6 Gold, to Luis 7 — Aviv 8 Jai — 9 Like Macs 10 Film bomb 11 Wall St. operator 12 Not old, in Ulm 13 Earthling, in sci-fi 14 Lawn tidier 15 Dwindle 16 Like PCs with several peripheral hookup points 17 Small stream 18 Overact 19 Cellar gas 24 Dwindle 29 Pearl holders 32 Smitten erotically 33 Big name in ice cream 35 121-Across off Va. 36 Spike in film 37 “Is that so!” 38 — -surface missile 40 Short negligee, for short 43 Dufy of art 44 University city in Maine 45 Fewer than 46 Actor Lloyd 47 Soap stuff 48 Basketballer Jamison 49 Faux — 50 Doc — (foe of Spidey) 51 Big blue expanse 54 Savvy about 56 Prior to 58 “Judge —” (1995 film)
59 Crude fluid 60 Retail store starter? 62 Stable group 66 Diana of “West 11” 67 Ike’s initials 68 Grazed (on) 69 Acting nudge 70 The tiniest bit 71 Pastoral 72 Rival of Ragú 73 Bequeath 74 Embellish 76 Barely there phone signal 77 Frodo foe 78 Sweetie, in modern lingo 79 Eagles’ stats 80 Non-window flight request 81 Ain’t correct? 82 Gerund suffix 83 We, to Henri 84 Anderson of “The X-Files” 88 Trough food 91 — Paulo 92 Unit of work 93 London beer 94 Foes 96 Wayward 98 Beauty shop 99 Family girl 100 Santa’s aides 101 Taxi drivers 102 Not as nasty 104 — petition 105 Felix played by Randall 106 Kelly of “One Tree Hill” 107 Irregularly notched 111 Clears (of) 114 USN off. 116 “Citizen X” co-star 117 Sleazy paper 118 Lemon drink 119 “... grace of God —” 120 Med. stats. taken with arm cuffs
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t try to relax. Don’t shy away from challenges. Don’t apologize for your holy quest or tone down your ambition or stop pushing to get better. Pump up the volume on your desires. Be even bigger and bolder and braver. Take maximum advantage of the opportunities that are arising. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your adventures could bring you random jumbles or melodic mélanges — or a blend of both. There’ll be crazy wisdom, alluring messes and unclassifiable opportunities. Stay closely attuned to what you’re really feeling and thinking and communicate that information with tactful precision. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In recent years, a benign alternative to passing kidney stones emerged. A scientific journal presented evidence that many patients spontaneously pass their kidney stones by riding roller coasters. You won’t have a problem like kidney stones in the coming weeks, but any psychological difficulties you encounter can be solved by embarking on thrilling adventures akin to riding roller coasters. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In his book The Histories, ancient Greek historian Herodotus told the story of a six-year war between the armies of the Medes and the Lydians. The conflict ended suddenly on a day when a solar eclipse occurred. Everyone on the battlefield got spooked as the light unexpectedly dimmed, and commanders sought an immediate cease to the hostilities. Respond to the upcoming lunar eclipse on July 16-17 with overtures of peace and healing and amnesty. It’ll be a good time to reach out to any worthwhile person or group from whom you have been alienated. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Astologist Guru Gwen believes that right now Aquarians should get scolded and penalized unless they agree to add more rigor and discipline to their rhythms. Astrologist Maestro Madelyn feels that Aquarians need to have their backs massaged, their hands held and their problems listened to with grace and empathy. Both Gwen and Madelyn want to accomplish the same thing, which is to get you back on track. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Get yourself better licensed and certified and sanctioned. The coming months will be a favorable time for you to make plans to get the education or training you’re lacking; to find out what it would mean to become more professional, and then become more professional; to begin pursuing the credentials that will earn you more power to fulfill your dreams.
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